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San Francisco: Tech giant Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos has donated $118 million to a nonprofit, but it is unclear to which nonprofit he donated, media report said. According to a Securities and Exchange Filings (SEC) filing, Bezos transferred 47,727 shares of Amazon stock to an unnamed nonprofit, worth a total of $118 million based on that […]
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Hong Kong: John Lee, a hard-line security chief who oversaw a crackdown on Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement, was elected as the city’s next leader on Sunday in a vote cast by a largely pro-Beijing committee. Lee was the only candidate and won with over 99% of the vote in which nearly all 1,500 committee members […]
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New Delhi: ‘Sultan’ actress Kubbra Sait has shared her experience of doing an audio show which is a Hindi adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s bestselling series ‘The Sandman’. She spoke to IANS about her role, narration process and pressure of doing a show with such a huge fanbase. Kubbra says: “I’m elated and I am extremely proud […]
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Hyderabad: IT and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao tore into the BJP-led union government for its hypocrisy and double standards over the fuel price hike. He stated that the price hike of the LPG cylinder which was Rs 410 in 2014 to more than Rs 1,000 in 2022, was possible only under the Modi administration. […]
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Bahraich: An eight-year-old boy was killed in a crocodile attack while bathing in a pond here, officials said on Sunday. The incident occurred on Saturday afternoon and the remains of the body were recovered by divers during the early hours of Sunday, they said. Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Akashdeep Badhawan said, “Virendra of Gud village […]
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San Francisco: Tech giant Apple, which disabled the ability to change the playback speed in third-party apps using the Apple Music API and its content with iOS 15.4, has now decided to reintroduce that feature with iOS 15.5. The word comes from Apple developer Joe Kun, who took to the Apple Developer Forums to announce that […]
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New Delhi: A day after the price of Liquefied petroleum gas cylinder was hiked by Rs 50, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday compared LPG prices between the UPA tenure and the present BJP government at the Centre. The hike in the LPG prices has attracted criticism across the Opposition parties with the Trinamool Congress […]
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New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party MP Harnath Singh Yadav on Sunday hit out at All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi and demanded his arrest under a sedition case. The remarks came after Owaisi on Saturday said the BJP and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh are trying to rekindle the era of hatred as the one in […]
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New Delhi: The storm in the Bay of Bengal intensified into a cyclone on Sunday, packing wind speed of more than 75 kmph, and is expected to get stronger, the weather office said. However, it is expected to fizzle out next week without making a landfall. Under the influence of the cyclone, northern Andhra Pradesh […]
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Hyderabad: Two members of an interstate ganja smuggling gang were arrested by the Cyberabad Special Operations Team (Shamshabad) on Sunday. The police seized 800 kilograms of ganja, a truck and two mobile phones all valued at Rs. 2 crores from them. The arrested persons are Khushi Mohammed (34) driver, a native of Uttar Pradesh and […]
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Los Angeles: With Queen Elizabeth II completing 70 years of her reign, a new documentary featuring never-before-seen footage of the British royal is set to premiere on May 29. The documentary, titled ‘Elizabeth: the Unseen Queen’, has a run-time of 75 minutes, and will shed light on the early years of Queen Elizabeth’s life, from […]
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Nizamabad: Venting their ire against BJP MP Arvind Dharmapuri for failing to prevail upon the Central Government in establishing turmeric board in the district, turmeric farmers dumped their stocks in front of the MP’s residence here on Sunday. During March 2019, the BJP MP had vowed to establish a turmeric board in the district after […]
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Bhubaneswar: Every year, as a cyclone looms over a region, its name becomes a cause of intrigue for many, who wonder why and how is the storm christened. With Cyclone Asani — a name given by Sri Lanka that means ‘wrath’ in Sinhalese — formed in the Bay of Bengal on Sunday morning and hurtling […]
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New Delhi: Haryana’s Rakhigarhi is famous across the world for the Harrapan civilisation. And now, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is conducting new excavations in and around the 7,000-year-old planned Harappan city in Rakhigarhi which will be completed by the end of May. The excavation and study at Rakhigarhi has so far revealed that […]
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Mumbai: Actor Varun Dhawan has showered love on her better half Natasha Dalal to mark her special day. View this post on Instagram A post shared by VarunDhawan (@varundvn) Taking to his Instagram handle on Sunday, the ‘Badlapur’ actor shared several pictures where the couple can be seen hanging out with each other. […]
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Bhopal/Raipur: As the tenure of the country’s 14th President Ram Nath Kovind is ending in July, many names for presidential candidates are doing the rounds. One such name is Anusiya Uike, who is the Chhattisgarh Governor and a tribal leader. Born in Rohana Kala village in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara district, Anusuiya has seen many ups […]
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Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Defence Ministry has appealed to the public to assist it in managing the current economic crisis and unrest in the country with “utmost intelligence and patience” and also cancelled the leaves of all security personnel, following the declaration of a state of emergency in the country by embattled President Gotabya Rajapaksa. In […]
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Hyderabad: A businessman from the city was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau for allegedly operating an internet pharmacy and through it diverting and supplying psychotropic medicines for recreational use to the United States and other countries. The officials seized Rs. 3.71 crore in cash, mobile phones, laptops and other electronic gadgets from the house […]
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Moscow: Red Soviet flags and orange-and-black striped military ribbons are on display in Russian cities and towns. Neighbourhoods are staging holiday concerts. Flowers are being laid by veterans’ groups at monuments to the Great Patriotic War, as World War II is known in the country. At first glance, preparations for Monday’s celebration of Victory Day, […]
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Mumbai: The ‘Kacha Badam’ fame social media influencer Anjali Arora who becomes the second runner of the show ‘Lock Upp’ says her special bond with the winner of the show Munawar Faruqui is the great achievement she has from the show. Being a social media influencer, while she already had followers on social media, during […]
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Mumbai: Curiosity was high on how Kangana Ranaut and Munawar would get along on ‘Lock Upp’ as both of them have very different opinions on diverse matters. Kangana Ranaut has made strong comments on the Muslim community on social media and been banned from one, and Munawar, the winner of ‘Lock Upp’, hails from that […]
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New Delhi: While Union Ministers keep on making a beeline to Tesla CEO Elon Musk to come and manufacture electric cars in India, he is more interested in his $44 billion Twitter acquisition rather than paying attention to what the Indian government has been reiterating now for months. His utter disinterest in responding to several […]
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Indore: Police have arrested a jilted lover, who had allegedly ignited a fire in a three-storey residential building that left seven dead and nine injured here in Madhya Pradesh, an official said on Sunday. Upon seeing the police, the accused, Shubham aka Sanjay Dixit (27), tried to flee and in the process fell on the […]
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Mumbai: Actor Disha Patani is the latest addition to ‘Project K’, which also features Amitabh Bachchan, Deepika Padukone and Prabhas. On Saturday night, Disha took to Instagram and dropped a picture of flowers and a gift hamper that she has received from the team of ‘Project K’. The team also sent her a heartfelt welcome […]
